Katu language
Katu, or Low Katu, is a Katuic language of eastern Laos and central Vietnam.
| Katu | |
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| Low Katu | |
| West Katu | |
| Native to | Laos |
| Ethnicity | Katu |
Native speakers | 23,000 (2005 census)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Tai Le & Lao (Laos), Latin (Vietnam) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuf |
| Glottolog | west2398 |
| ELP | Dakkang |
| Triw[3] | |
In Vietnam, it is spoken in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, including in A Lưới commune. According to the 2009 Vietnamese census, there are 61,588 Katu people.[4]
References
- Katu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm
- Endangered Languages Project data for Triw.
- Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Hà Nội, 6-2010. Tabl. 5, p. 134-225. Accessed 10/2/2011
Further reading
- Nguyễn Hữu Hoành & Nguyễn Văn Lợi. 1998. Tiếng Katu. Hà Nội: Nhà Xuất Bản Khoa Học Xã Hội.
- Sidwell, Paul. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3895868027
- Theraphan L-Thongkum. 2001. Languages of the Tribes in Xekong Province Southern Laos. The Thailand Research Fund. Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University.
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